Cavernous angioma presenting as atypical facial and head pain

J Child Neurol. 1990 Jan;5(1):27-30. doi: 10.1177/088307389000500105.

Abstract

Recurrent headache is a common pediatric problem. As the differential diagnosis of headache is extensive, physicians rely on the mode of presentation to focus any investigation. A report of an adolescent in whom atypical facial and head pain caused by a preexisting cerebellar cavernous angioma is presented. Facial pain and headache resolved following excision of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Facial Pain / etiology*
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed